Job description
Do you dream of using technology to change the world?
Join the Andela movement, to ensure that while the digital revolution may have begun in Silicon Valley, its future will be written in Lagos, Nairobi, Kampala and cities across Africa.
THE ANDELA FELLOWSHIP
The Andela Fellowship is a full-time employment opportunity that will enable you to own your learning as you hone the skills you need to become a global technology leader. We seek out exceptional people from a variety of backgrounds who are committed to unlocking their full potential and improving the world through technology.
Through four years of intensive learning and real work experience on the world’s leading engineering teams, you’ll master the professional and technical skills needed to become a global technology leader.
Watch the full video of a deep dive on Andela and you can read more about our values here.
THE APPLICATION PROCESS
Stage 1: Join our Community
You’ll join 10,000+ aspiring tech leaders by expressing your interest and describing your motivations for leveraging Andela’s technical leadership resources. Complete a free application and personality/values assessment so we can learn how to further empower you as a tech leader.
Stage 2: Advance your Expertise
You will leverage our open-source learning resources for software development and team skills to complete a technical assessment that will evaluate your knowledge of the content you’ve learned. You can find the downloadable version of this course here.
Stage 3: Meet us Face to Face
Based on the quality of outputs you create you may be invited to a panel of interviews made up of staff members and developers at an Andela office.
Stage 4: Simulated Sprint
Successful applicants are invited to participate in a two-week, simulated development sprint led by senior Andela developers. The two weeks comprise of one week of home-based self-learning and one week of product development on-site at an Andela campus.
You’ll be expected to learn independently as well as on a team to deliver a final project. We’re looking for work ethic, passion, and teamwork.
Stage 5: Become an Andelan
The highest performing participants are accepted into Andela’s four-year Technical Leadership Program
For inquiries, please read the Application FAQs and Home Study FAQs. If you still have unanswered questions, please send an email to kenya.apply@andela.com.
Recruitment Schedule for Andela Kenya Fellowship
Home Study Test: The Home Study test is a requirement for making it through our selection process. Please study and complete the Home Study Curriculum before your test.
Home Study test Deadline: April 13th, 2018
Next Cohort Interview Dates: April 30th – May 4th, 2018
Proposed Simulated Sprint (Boot Camp): June 4th – June 15th, 2018 (Subject to change)
Andela Kenya Cohort 29 Fellowship: August 2nd, 2018 – August 2022
